Arsenal receive worrying Ben White injury update before Ipswich EFL Cup third-round clash

By Ben Knapton | 14 Sep 2026 15:43, Last updated: 14 Sep 2026 15:43

Arsenal defender Ben White reportedly missed first-team grooming connected Monday up of Tuesday's EFL Cup third-round showdown with Ipswich Town astatine Portman Road.

The England planetary has been an ever-present for the Gunners truthful acold successful the 2026-27 season, acknowledgment to Jurrien Timber's dilatory betterment from a superior groin injury.

White completed the afloat 90 successful each of Arsenal's archetypal 3 Premier League games of the campaign, but helium was taken disconnected astatine fractional clip successful Saturday's 2-0 triumph implicit Sunderland.

The 28-year-old was seen holding his groin precocious successful the archetypal fractional astatine the Stadium of Light, earlier being replaced by the recently-recovered Timber, who made his archetypal quality since the Champions League final.

Mikel Arteta did not contented an update connected White astatine afloat time, but according to IamCrisJ, the erstwhile Brighton & Hove Albion antheral was not seen successful grooming up of the travel to East Anglia.

How tin Arsenal regenerate Ben White against Ipswich?

For excessively long, Arteta has lone had 1 right-back astatine his disposal astatine a time, owed to either White oregon Timber being injured portion the different is holding the fort astatine right-back.

The aforesaid script has unfolded again for the Gunners, who astatine slightest person Timber backmost disposable portion White recovers, and the Dutchman could beryllium forced into a premature commencement connected Tuesday evening.

However, Timber should not beryllium considered for the afloat 90 minutes astatine Portman Road, wherever Arteta's antiaircraft dilemma is further analyzable by William Saliba's lack and Cristhian Mosquera's muscular injury.

Mosquera mightiness conflict backmost from his contented successful clip for the 3rd round, though, meaning that helium and Timber could play 45 minutes each, with Ezri Konsa and Gabriel Magalhaes astatine centre-back.

Alternatively, Konsa could beryllium deployed astatine right-back arsenic 17-year-old Marli Salmon starts astatine centre-back, though Declan Rice has besides been utilized arsenic an exigency right-back enactment successful the past.

What changes volition Arsenal marque against Ipswich?

Even though Tuesday's tussle is an all-Premier League matchup, Arteta is inactive expected to marque changes successful abundance, particularly successful midfield and attack.

The Arsenal brag is blessed with a fully-fit motor country and guardant line, meaning that each of Viktor Gyokeres, Eberechi Eze, Noni Madueke, Mikel Merino, Martin Zubimendi and Bruno Guimaraes could travel in.

Max Dowman, meanwhile, was not progressive against Sunderland arsenic helium turned retired for the Under-21s, but the 16-year-old attacker volition apt person to settee for a spot connected the bench.

Arteta tin spend to marque a mates of unenforced alterations successful defence, though, arsenic Piero Hincapie should regenerate Riccardo Calafiori, portion Kepa Arrizabalaga is expected to commencement successful goal.